patpat

Balinese

Etymology

Reduplication of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

patpat (Balinese script ᬧᬢ᭄ᬧᬢ᭄)

  1. four

Maltese

Root
p-t-p-t
1 term

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Sense 2 is a variant of taptap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpat.pat/

Verb

patpat (imperfect jpatpat, past participle mpatpat, verbal noun tpatpit)

  1. to gossip, to chatter
  2. to tap

Conjugation

Conjugation of patpat (Form Iq)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m patpatt patpatt patpat patpatna patpattu patptu
f patptet
imperfect m npatpat tpatpat jpatpat npatptu tpatptu jpatptu
f tpatpat
imperative patpat patptu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m patpattx patpattx patpatx patpatniex patpattux patptux
f patptitx
imperfect m npatpatx tpatpatx jpatpatx npatptux tpatptux jpatptux
f tpatpatx
imperative tpatpatx tpatptux

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /patˈpat/ [pɐt̪ˈpat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: pat‧pat

Noun

patpát (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔)

  1. bamboo stick; split bamboo

Derived terms

  • patpatin

See also